Portraits of American Life Study, 1st Wave, 2006

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RA_5A (Weighted by PAWT2) Jesus Christ physically rose from the dead.   -7) Refused   -4) Don't know   1) Strongly agree   2) Somewhat agree   3) Neither agree nor disagree   4) Somewhat disagree   5) Strongly disagree

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Refused	3	.1%	.1%
Don't know	41	1.6%	1.7%
Strongly agree	1639	62.9%	64.6%
Somewhat agree	283	10.9%	75.5%
Neither agree nor disagree	406	15.6%	91.1%
Somewhat disagree	90	3.5%	94.6%
Strongly disagree	145	5.6%	100.2%
Missing	3	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Political ideology Race Religion Region Education

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 29 years old	30 to 44 years old	45 to 59 years old	60 to 74 years old	75 years and older	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	2.5% 14	2.3% 17	0.4% 3	1.2% 5	1.4% 2	1.6% 41
Strongly agree	51.1% 283	62.7% 469	66.2% 500	69.2% 283	73.8% 104	62.9% 1639
Somewhat agree	15.9% 88	9.6% 72	9.3% 70	10.0% 41	7.8% 11	10.8% 282
Neither agree nor disagree	20.2% 112	14.6% 109	15.8% 119	13.9% 57	6.4% 9	15.6% 406
Somewhat disagree	3.8% 21	4.1% 31	3.2% 24	2.2% 9	4.3% 6	3.5% 91
Strongly disagree	6.5% 36	6.4% 48	5.0% 38	3.4% 14	6.4% 9	5.6% 145
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 554	100.0% 748	100.0% 755	100.0% 409	100.0% 141	2607

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Refused	0.2% 3	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	1.5% 20	1.7% 21	1.6% 41
Strongly agree	66.8% 901	58.6% 738	62.9% 1639
Somewhat agree	10.6% 143	11.0% 139	10.8% 282
Neither agree nor disagree	13.9% 187	17.4% 219	15.6% 406
Somewhat disagree	3.1% 42	3.9% 49	3.5% 91
Strongly disagree	3.9% 52	7.4% 93	5.6% 145
Missing	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1348	100.0% 1259	2607

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very liberal	Somewhat liberal	Middle of the road	Somewhat conservative	Very conservative	Haven't thought much about it	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0	0.1% 3
Don't know	1.8% 3	2.1% 8	1.9% 12	0.8% 4	0.0% 0	2.1% 14	1	1.6% 41
Strongly agree	30.5% 51	53.0% 201	56.2% 355	72.6% 366	84.0% 189	67.7% 458	18	62.7% 1620
Somewhat agree	12.0% 20	11.9% 45	13.8% 87	8.9% 45	8.0% 18	9.6% 65	2	10.8% 280
Neither agree nor disagree	33.5% 56	19.0% 72	18.4% 116	12.7% 64	5.3% 12	12.6% 85	2	15.7% 405
Somewhat disagree	4.8% 8	5.3% 20	4.6% 29	1.8% 9	0.9% 2	3.2% 22	1	3.5% 90
Strongly disagree	17.4% 29	8.7% 33	4.9% 31	3.2% 16	1.8% 4	4.7% 32	0	5.6% 145
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 379	100.0% 632	100.0% 504	100.0% 225	100.0% 677	24	2584

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Pacific Islander	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.8% 15	1.4% 4	4.4% 14	2.8% 3	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	1.5% 40
Strongly agree	62.3% 1127	74.1% 206	64.8% 208	39.8% 43	88.9% 8	57.3% 47	62.9% 1639
Somewhat agree	11.9% 215	5.8% 16	10.0% 32	12.0% 13	11.1% 1	6.1% 5	10.8% 282
Neither agree nor disagree	16.2% 292	11.2% 31	10.9% 35	30.6% 33	0.0% 0	18.3% 15	15.6% 406
Somewhat disagree	3.5% 64	2.2% 6	3.7% 12	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	4.9% 4	3.5% 91
Strongly disagree	5.3% 95	5.0% 14	5.9% 19	9.3% 10	0.0% 0	8.5% 7	5.6% 145
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1808	100.0% 278	100.0% 321	100.0% 108	100.0% 9	100.0% 82	2606

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Black Protestant	Evangelical Protestant	Mainline Protestant	Catholic	Unaffiliated	Other	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.1% 3
Don't know	0.7% 1	0.7% 5	1.4% 5	1.9% 13	2.7% 11	1.7% 5	1.5% 40
Strongly agree	83.7% 123	84.4% 585	67.2% 244	68.4% 475	19.5% 80	44.0% 133	62.9% 1640
Somewhat agree	6.1% 9	8.1% 56	15.4% 56	13.4% 93	11.0% 45	7.9% 24	10.8% 283
Neither agree nor disagree	5.4% 8	4.6% 32	12.1% 44	11.0% 76	38.3% 157	29.5% 89	15.6% 406
Somewhat disagree	2.0% 3	0.9% 6	2.2% 8	3.0% 21	10.0% 41	4.3% 13	3.5% 92
Strongly disagree	2.0% 3	1.3% 9	1.7% 6	2.2% 15	18.5% 76	11.9% 36	5.6% 145
Missing	0	1	0	0	0	2	3
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 693	100.0% 363	100.0% 694	100.0% 410	100.0% 302	2609

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.2% 1	0.1% 3
Don't know	1.8% 8	1.3% 8	1.4% 12	1.8% 12	1.5% 40
Strongly agree	53.7% 237	69.7% 432	69.6% 612	53.8% 358	62.9% 1639
Somewhat agree	13.2% 58	11.8% 73	8.1% 71	12.2% 81	10.9% 283
Neither agree nor disagree	20.0% 88	12.1% 75	13.4% 118	18.6% 124	15.5% 405
Somewhat disagree	4.3% 19	3.1% 19	2.4% 21	4.7% 31	3.5% 90
Strongly disagree	7.0% 31	2.1% 13	4.9% 43	8.9% 59	5.6% 146
Missing	0	0	1	2	3
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 620	100.0% 879	100.0% 666	2606

Education (I-EDUC)

	No high school diploma	GED or high school diploma	Vocational/technical diploma or Associate's degree	Bachelor's degree	Graduate degree	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Refused	0.0% 0	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 2
Don't know	2.3% 7	1.5% 16	0.8% 4	1.9% 8	1.1% 3	0.0% 0	2	1.5% 38
Strongly agree	72.5% 222	65.6% 693	68.5% 329	56.5% 238	42.1% 112	60.6% 43	3	63.0% 1637
Somewhat agree	9.5% 29	11.7% 124	10.4% 50	10.5% 44	10.5% 28	9.9% 7	0	10.8% 282
Neither agree nor disagree	8.8% 27	13.4% 142	14.4% 69	19.7% 83	26.3% 70	18.3% 13	3	15.5% 404
Somewhat disagree	3.9% 12	3.4% 36	1.9% 9	4.3% 18	4.9% 13	2.8% 2	0	3.5% 90
Strongly disagree	2.9% 9	4.1% 43	4.0% 19	7.1% 30	15.0% 40	8.5% 6	0	5.7% 147
TOTAL	100.0% 306	100.0% 1056	100.0% 480	100.0% 421	100.0% 266	100.0% 71	8	2600